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The mechanism and therapy of aortic aneurysms

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2023
Aortic aneurysm is a chronic aortic disease affected by many factors. Although it is generally asymptomatic, it poses a significant threat to human life due to a high risk of rupture.
Jianing Gao, Huanhuan Cao, Gaofei Hu, Yufei Wu, Yangkai Xu, Hongtu Cui, Hong S. Lu, Lemin Zheng   +7 more
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Geography, private costs and uptake of screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm in a remote rural area. [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND: The relationship between geographical location, private costs, health provider costs and uptake of health screening is unclear. This paper examines these relationships in a screening programme for abdominal aortic aneurysm in the Highlands ...
Duncan John L, Sandra M Lindsay, Duncan, John L, Lindsay Sandra M, Cairns, John, John L Duncan, John Cairns, Cairns John, Lindsay, Sandra M, David J Godden, Godden, David J, Godden David J   +11 more
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MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY FOR IDENTIFICATION OF INSTABILITY OF AORTIC ANEURYSM WALL

Alʹmanah Kliničeskoj Mediciny, 2016
Background: Aortic aneurysm is characterized by high incidence, polymorphic clinical features and sudden onset of severe complications.Aim: To develop a standard multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) protocol for aortic aneurysm examination and image ...
M. V. Vishnyakova Jr., R. N. Lar’kov, M. V. Vishnyakova, A. G. Osiev   +3 more
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Elective Open Suprarenal Aneurysm Repair in England from 2000 to 2010 an Observational Study of Hospital Episode Statistics [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Open surgery is widely used as a benchmark for the results of fenestrated endovascular repair of complex abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA).
Hinchliffe, RJ, Jan D Poloniecki, Thompson, MM, Holt Peter J. E., Sollazzo Giuseppe, Hinchliffe Robert J., Alan Karthikesalingam, Robert J Hinchliffe, Matthew M Thompson, Peter J E Holt, Poloniecki, JD, Karthikesalingam, A, Patterson Benjamin O., Thompson Matthew M., Benjamin O Patterson, Giuseppe Sollazzo, Holt, PJ, Vidal-Diez, A, Sollazzo, G, Vidal-Diez Alberto, Karthikesalingam Alan, Patterson, BO, Alberto Vidal-Diez, Poloniecki Jan D.   +23 more
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Aortic Aneurysm and Aortic Dissection [PDF]

, 2020
Aortic aneurysms and dissections are common problems worldwide. Although surgery outcomes are improving, etiology remains elusive and absolute methods of primary prevention remain unknown.

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Causal factors in the development of thoracic aortic aneurysm

Российский кардиологический журнал, 2013
Aim. To assess the causal factors in the development of thoracic aortic aneurysm. Despite the existing screening programmes, widely used visualisation methods, and improved intervention techniques, aortic aneurysm remains one of the leading causes of ...
E. B. Luneva, V. E. Uspenskyi, L. B. Mitrofanova, M. I. Paidimirova, A. V. Kandinskyi, E. V. Zemtsovsky   +5 more
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The ETTAA study protocol: a UK-wide observational study of 'Effective Treatments for Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm'. [PDF]

, 2015
Introduction Chronic thoracic aortic aneurysm (CTAA) affecting the arch or descending aorta is an indolent but life-threatening condition with a rising prevalence as the UK population ages.
Catarino, P., ETTAA Collaborators, Gray, J, Vallabhaneni, S, Vale, L., Vallabhaneni, Srinivasa, Cook, A., Moorjani, N, Moorjani, Narain, Vale, Luke, Sharples, L., Gray, Joanne, Cook, Andrew, Elefteriades, JA, Sastry, P., Sharples, Linda, Vallabhaneni, S. R., Sastry, P, Moorjani, N., Hughes, V., Elefteriades, John, Cook, A, Catarino, Pedro, Hughes, V, Elefteriades, J., Hayes, P, on behalf of the ETTAA collaborators, Thompson, M., Hayes, P., Gray, J., Vale, L, Large, Stephen, Catarino, P, Thompson, Matt, Sharples, L, Hughes, Victoria, Elefteriades, John A, Hayes, Paul, Thompson, M, Sastry, Priya, Large, Stephen R, Large, SR, Large, S. R.   +42 more
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Long telomeres in blood leukocytes are associated with a high risk of ascending aortic aneurysm. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Ascending aortic aneurysm is a connective tissue disorder. Even though multiple novel gene mutations have been identified, risk profiling and diagnosis before rupture still represent a challenge.
Tuija J Huusko, Merja Santaniemi, Sakari Kakko, Panu Taskinen, Olavi Ukkola, Y Antero Kesäniemi, Markku J Savolainen, Tuire Salonurmi   +7 more
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of the growth and rupture rates of small abdominal aortic aneurysms: implications for surveillance intervals and their cost-effectiveness. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Small abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs; 3.0-5.4 cm in diameter) are usually asymptomatic and managed by regular ultrasound surveillance until they grow to a diameter threshold (commonly 5.5 cm) at which surgical intervention is considered ...
Bown, MJ, JT Powell, Sweeting, M., Glover, M, MJ Sweeting, MJ Buxton, Powell, J, MJ Bown, Bown, M, Glover, MJ, Powell, JT, Sweeting, M, the RESCAN collaborators, Brown, L., LC Brown, LG Kim, Thompson, S., Kim, LG, Bown, M., Glover, Matthew, Sweeting, MJ, Brown, LC, Buxton, M, Kim, L., Thompson, SG, Thompson, S, SG Thompson, Kim, L, Buxton, MJ, MJ Glover, Brown, L   +30 more
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Risk stratification by pre-operative cardiopulmonary exercise testing improves outcomes following elective abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery : a cohort study [PDF]

, 2013
Background: In 2009, the NHS evidence adoption center and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published a review of the use of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs).
Imray, C. (Chris), Saedon, Mahmud H., Hill, Christopher E., Higman, Daniel, Yow, Heng, Asif Mahmood, Daniel Higman, Watson, Duncan, Dr., Heng Yow, Joanna Shakespeare, Christopher HE Imray, Colette Marshall, Stephen J Goodyear, Shakespeare, Joanna, Goodyear, Stephen J., Mahmood, Asif, Mahmud Saedon, Duncan Watson, Marshall, Colette, Dr., Christopher E Hill   +19 more
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